Carriage-bow



(No Model.)

' G. L. ORANDAL.

CARRIAGE BOW. v No. 404,900. Patented June 11, 1889.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR J %MM 4 mu-2,.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. ORANDAL, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

CARRIAG E'-BOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,900, dated June 11,1889.

Application filed March 18, 1889. Serial No. 803,810. (No model.) 7 v ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE L. ORANDAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Binghamton, in' the county of Broome and State of New .York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Bows, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for strengtheningcarriage-bows at the point where the inside strengthening-strip of steeland wood bow or filler meet the slat-iron. WVhere the wood filler andinside metal strengthening-stri p were driven down .into the tubularsocket until they came in contact with the blunt flat end of theslat-iron, it was found that the finished bow-socket was weak and liableto break at the pointof contact. This trouble has been avoided sometimesby welding the inside sheet-metal strengtheningstrip to the slat-iron orby welding in a ferrule of somekind and then driving the metalstrengthening-strip into the ferrule. These methods are somewhatcomplicated and expensive, while my improved method is simple andinexpensive.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of abow-socket embodying my invention. B isthe outside metal tubular bow-socket, which is welded to the slat-iron Ain the usual way. 0 is the sheet-metal strengthening-strip, a detachedview of which is represented by Fig. 2. D is the usual wood bow orfiller.

Fig. 3 is a detached view of the slat-iron A. The upper end of theslat-iron A is forged out into a projecting tang or point X, and themetal strengthening-strip O is cut away at the lower end at T, so as tofit closely on both sides of the projecting tang X. The wood bow orfiller D is cut away in the same manner at the lower end, and also cutinto far enough in the direction of its length so that the metal strip 0can be inserted. After the slat-iron A has been welded to the tubularsocket B, the wood bow or filler D, with the inserted sheet-metal strip0, is driven down into the tubular socket B, so that the woodD and metalstrip O restflrmly upon and against both sides of the tang X of theslat-iron A, and also against the inside surface of the socket B. Inthis way no weak point is left unprotected, and a strong joint is made.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a carriage-bow, the combination, with the metal tubular bow-socketB and wood bow or filler D, of the slat-iron A, having the proj ect-ingtang X, and the metal strengtheningstrip 0, made with its lower end cutaway at T, so as to fit over and rest upon the projecting tang X of theslat-iron A, substantially as described.

2. In a carriage-bow, the combination, with the metal tubular bow-socketB, of the slatiron A, having the projecting tang X, and the metalstrengthening-strip 0, made with its lower end cut away at T, so as tofit over and rest upon the tang X, substantially as described.

GEORGE L. CRANDAL. Witnesses:

FRANK S. TITOHENER, CHARLES E. TITCHENER.

